I have been eating raw for quite a while now but I am running into some problems. I have had annorexia for nearly ten years on and off and eating is something I always battle with. A couple of years ago I took a drug Accutane which I believe sort of screwed up my digestive system...maybe it is a combination of that and the eating disorder, I can't tell anymore. Anyway, as I have gotten older, I feel like I have become more and more nervous about everything in my life. I find it very difficult to eat or even drink juice sometimes. I spend most of the week fasting on juice and occassionally eat a salad...for a while, on the days I would eat, it would be some nuts and tahini ad that was making me feel very sick and tired, with sore muscles. I constantly feel tired...I would love to be able to eat a lot of good healthy food but my digestion is just so screwed up that even too much water can make me feel sick.

It makes my life very difficult...at work I never want to go out to lunch with people because they all comment on how little I eat, or how I only drink juice or whatever...but when I do eat, it makes me very tired, I get a sore uncomfortable stomach and then I blush more easily and feel very nervous and shy, even if it is fruit...although fruit is much better.

Anyway, this problem has been going on for so long and it just doesn't seem to be getting any better. I am constantly cold and tired and feel sick. Does anybody else have problems with this?

Tashi Wrote:
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> I have been eating raw for quite a while now but I
> am running into some problems. I have had
> annorexia for nearly ten years on and off and
> eating is something I always battle with. A couple
> of years ago I took a drug Accutane which I
> believe sort of screwed up my digestive
> system...maybe it is a combination of that and the
> eating disorder, I can't tell anymore. Anyway, as
> I have gotten older, I feel like I have become
> more and more nervous about everything in my life.
> I find it very difficult to eat or even drink
> juice sometimes. I spend most of the week fasting
> on juice and occassionally eat a salad...for a
> while, on the days I would eat, it would be some
> nuts and tahini ad that was making me feel very
> sick and tired, with sore muscles. I constantly
> feel tired...I would love to be able to eat a lot
> of good healthy food but my digestion is just so
> screwed up that even too much water can make me
> feel sick.
>
> It makes my life very difficult...at work I never
> want to go out to lunch with people because they
> all comment on how little I eat, or how I only
> drink juice or whatever...but when I do eat, it
> makes me very tired, I get a sore uncomfortable
> stomach and then I blush more easily and feel very
> nervous and shy, even if it is fruit...although
> fruit is much better.
>
> Anyway, this problem has been going on for so long
> and it just doesn't seem to be getting any better.
> I am constantly cold and tired and feel sick. Does
> anybody else have problems with this?

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I second Fresh's suggestion! Certainly was the best $30 I spent in all the time since I discovered raw.

Sarah
[goingbananasblog.com]

Thanks a lot everybody, I have bought that book and will let you know how I go.